Hmm.  I luvs my linux, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't trust a weapon to it.
  I think I'll stick to regular practice and a spotting scope, thanks.

-- CHS


On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Ron Frazier (TECHC) <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm not sure whether this has been discussed here before.  It might have
> been.  But, while browsing on Arstechnica, I saw a link to this over to the
> side and thought I'd share it.
>
>
> http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/08/gun-linux-on-the-range-with-trackingpoints-new-ar-15s/
>
> For only $ 10k - $ 30k, one can get an ultra accurate Linux powered rifle,
> with which, an untrained operator with no rifle experience can hit a small
> target at 1000 yards.  I guess it's kind of like what cameras do with
> optical image stabilization, but with a gun barrel.
>
> (I can barely SEE a target at 1000 yards without optics.)
>
> I like this idea if it's the good guys that have these.  Not so much if
> the bad guys have them.
>
> I can see one soldier saying to another, "distract the enemy while I
> reboot my gun", or "oh heck, I forgot to charge my gun's battery".
>
> They say the scope alone has 7 cpu's.
>
> Well, whether it's good or bad, it certainly is progress.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
>
>
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